update to "here's the list..."

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Sun Feb 21 11:40:37 1999

It's unlikely I'll do that, since of the many hundreds of boxes of 8"
diskettes I owned at one time, there were only two of the hard-sectored
ones. I recently had a local NRC contractor phone me up after a long chain
of referrals, to inquire whether I could replace a drive for them and I had
to ask them to provide me with a disketted with which to test the drives.

I believe I had one partial box of Memorex diskettes which came with an old
NBI word processor which used Memorex drives and an i8008, which , by the
way, is now a "high-tech tie-tack" I occasionally wear. There was also an
odd box (possibly new, possibly full) of 10-sector hard-sectored diskettes.
 I don't know what their use was, but I had some GSI/Siemens drives which
could operate with either type and soft-sectored ones as well.

In the unlikely event these turn up, I'll let you know.

regards,

Dick

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> From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
> To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: update to "here's the list..."
> Date: Sunday, February 21, 1999 7:34 AM
>
>
> All Alaimo at Computers and More in Marlborough, MA had some new disks
> awhile back. I'm sure he'd love to sell you all he has. They were
> pretty reasonable.
>
> On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Joe wrote:
>
> > At 07:48 PM 2/20/99 -0700, you wrote:
> >
> >
> > >sadly, had to be tossed with the other 50K or so 8" diskettes I have
> > >ditched over the past year.
> >
> > Dick,
> >
> > If you come across ANY hard sectored floppy disks I could use them..
I
> > have several systems that used the hard sectored ones but they're hard
to
> > come by. If you don't want to take time to sort them, I'll take the
whole
> > lot and sort them and pass the soft sectored ones on to someone else.
> >
> >
> > >
> > >PICEON 64K DRAM board
> >
> > OH! I can use this! I have one on my Alpha Micro and I could use
another.
> >
> > >>
> > >> Processor Technology "CUTS" cassette interface? board
> >
> > I won't mind having this.
> > >>
> > >> BIOTECH ELECTRONICS BCT800 graphics board - uses AMI 68047 chip and
12
> > >2114's to produce 256x192 graphics and text.
> >
> > I'd like to have this.
> > >>
> > >> Cromemco Dazzler video graphics board pair - There are two, but only
one
> > >set of doc's and software including paper tape.
> > >>
> >
> > I hope you have my name on one of these. I'll make copies of the
manual
> > and disks to go with the other board.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
> M. K. Peirce
> Rhode Island Computer Museum, Inc.
> 215 Shady Lea Road,
> North Kingstown, RI 02852
>
> "Cast est qui nemo rogavit."
>
> - Ovid
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